Kevin Willoughby writes:
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It's nice for rebootable web-based systems but
can't stand the tought of bloated, buggy code running inside the poor rover.

uh, the first MER lander is rebooting frequently, with (as far as I
understand these things) no reason to blame the Java Virtual Machine.

Java code does not have to be "bloated, buggy code". Virtual machine
architectures are a classic way to to create a small, tight program --
consult Knuth for details.

See, for example, FORTH --- which uses a =MUCH= simpler virtual machine
than JAVA, and can pack an entire operating system / extensible compiler
into a mere 8k...


"Bloated, buggy code" is more common in non-Java environments, e.g., MS
Office running on MS Windows.

"Microsoft code is a way of thinking --- or rather, of =NOT= thinking..."


-- Gordon D. Pusch

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